Black Walnut Dye
August 2015 we cut down a black walnut tree because it was dropping walnuts on our car. I gathered the walnut, let them turn a little black and filled pot with water and walnut. I boiled this for about 10 hours
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I then filled the crock pot with water and walnut and it it run on high for 2 days, I emptied the water and then refilled it and again let it run on high for 2 days.
I then boiled the dye down to remove excess water and put it in a jug.
July 2017 we finally used the black walnut dye on a work bench.
This picture is wet walnut dye on plain pine wood.
Dried Walnut dye
We then covered the walnut dye with linseed oil to protect the wood more.